RooSport Giveaway

Today is Tuesday and according to my scrappy marathon training plan I’m supposed to do mile repeats for my run. I still do not like them at all. Even after I’m done I’m not like, “Yah! I’m so glad I did that!!”

No. I’m more like, “That was unpleasant. I’m glad it’s over.”

In the grand old race of the tortoise and the hare I am the tortoise.

Exhibit A: my tortoise friend and I running in Florida last year…

Anyway, I ran 4×1 mile repeats and at one point a jogger guy came running the opposite direction and said, “Nice pace!”. That did make me feel better about the whole thing

After my run and a shower I enjoyed a ton of water, watermelon and overnight oats.

In other, less appropriate for the blog news…

My Florida bug bites have left red marks all over me?! It’s been over a week now and I think they should be gone by this time. Is there a doctor in the house? Can you please prescribe me some Zoloft and a note to my in-laws that I’m allergic to Florida? Thanks.

RooSport Giveaway

I received this RooSport pouch to review a week ago and have been wearing it on walks. It is a magnetic pouch that has a fold over pocket and zipper pocket. It can carry anything from keys to money to ham sandwiches and is great alternative to a purse or pocket belt for walking and running.

This is how it looks open – you slip it into your waistband and the magnets hold it in place.

Zipper for your important stuff

I have been loving it for my walks since I like to take along cash or a card in case I want to walk to the store (or Sonic). Today I wore it for my run and am a fan. It can hold a lot, but isn’t bulky.

Well, it’s a little up in the air (the hubs is under the weather), but it will probably be a wrap of Morningstar buffalo wings (yummy and spicy fake meat), light cream cheese, whole-wheat tortillas, spinach, tomatoes, and pickles with a side salad. It’s definitely one of our staples!

Random Question: have you ever gotten into minimalist running shoes?? What do you think about them? I’m working on transitioning into a few different pairs (New Balance Minimus, Merrell Pace and Vibram 5 fingers)

Dinner…hmmm, I am debating if I want to make a healthy and delicious meal for my family or just support the Safety Patrollers that are selling pizza before Open House tonight for my 3rd grader… It’s still up in the air around here. 😉

Cheddar chipotle burgers sans the bun from Whole Foods with sauteed orange and red peppers. Also, a side of this Seasons of Change quinoa and brown rice mix that is amazing and so simple. Hmm, maybe a little side of cherries or something sweet at the end.

Whole-wheat spaghetti with sautéed kale and poached eggs. I usually plan out my meals on Sunday from Cooking Light recipes and that way I have a healthy meal already planned for each night of the work week (or else I would be very unhealthy with my spontaneous choices).

Some kind of squash. Lots and lots of squash. Probably roasted with parmesan. Likely cottage cheese straight from the container while I wait. I’m exhausted already so dinner will be easy. Enjoy your day and the pouch looks super sweet! (And you have rockin’ calves in the turtle pic, btw)

that would be super helpful for long runs! dinner is spicy black bean burgers to pretend it’s still summer…although reading over some of these comments makes me a bit jealous-so many good dinner ideas!

Whatever husband makes tonight. I cooked in our 100 degree kitchen last night (please go away so cal heat wave) while 30 weeks pregnant and a toddler and dog at my feet, so mama is lying on the couch tonight!

That pouch is sooo cute! Definitely want one. I’ve been looking for something like that! For dinner is my new favorite vegetarian meal. (Girl on a budget here) Barilla Plus pasta and marinara sauce with cottage cheese mixed in for added protein. Yum!!

I saw those RooSport things at an expo and now I wish I would have stopped for one! When I was running alone I didn’t need a pouch, but now that I’m running with my dog, a pouch for my phone would be super helpful.

Dinner… I got collard greens and butternut squash in my CSA, so I’m trying to come up with something that combines them. Maybe a curry?

Red snapper topped with sauteed red onions and cherry tomatos, on a bed of kale & mushrooms! I’m always putting my license/cards in the back pocket of my capris for runs and then forgetting to take them out when I’m done. Maybe having an actual separate holder will help me remember!

Dinner tonight is barbeque chicken that I have in the crockpot (seriously, it’s just chicken and bbq sauce…nothing fancy)! I’m planning on making myself a little sammy with the shredded chicken and some arugula stuffed in a flat-out foldit thingy. Maybe I’ll add a smudge more bbq sauce. 😉 I’ll probably round the meal out with some broccoli or something so that I don’t feel so guilty if (when) I when. 🙂

Oh, that’s actually kind of genuis. I would love one of those suckers so that I can stop clipping my key to my bra! I don’t trust non-zipper running pockets with keys!

For dinner, hmm. Left my husband in charge because I cooked the last two nights, think we are going out to Eat-N-Park (local chain here in Pittsburgh) because that’s our “spot.” We had our first date there eons ago which is totally lame if you know the place, but whatever, that’s how we roll and that’s what 18 (and 31)-year-old-us do for fun!

This is sooo weird. I JUST met someone on Sunday that was telling me about the ROO pouch, and she had one to show me, so I think it’s a sign that I’m gonna win. : ) Anyway, I’m having a not-so-healthy dinner tonight – Mexican. I’ll try to not eat as many chips and salsa though. Fingers crossed.

It’s a toss up between pizza and beer or grilled chicken and oriental salad.
Yah right. Its only between the grilled chicken and grilled chicken.
How have we gone to the moon and created computer chips the size of glitter and no one has invented a delicious and calorie free pizza?! Or beer for that matter….WTHeck?? Where are their priorities??

for the bug bites….this summer I got a couple bug bites while at a track meet (sitting in the grass….nearish the woods). I am pretty allergic to bug bites and they swell up horribly – these particular ones weren’t too bad but they were super itchy and lasted forever! I googled and horrified myself with thoughts that the bug had laid eggs under my skin, etc. Eventually they went away, but no joke, I had an itchy red bump for at least 6 weeks before they got better.

I had a Lean Cuisine (tortilla crusted fish – it’s actually good!) around 3:30. I was starving! I’ll probably have a couple handfuls of candy corn m&ms for my real dinner after the kids are in bed. Mmhmm.

Crockpot chicken and dumplings. I live in Las Vegas and today it was only 78 degrees which is winter to us so I through everything in the crockpot, sent the 5 year old to kindergarten buckled the 2 year old in the jogger and did 4 miles. My house smells great!

Ugh, just got home (730pm) after 12 hours in the hospital with my mom (new pacemaker) – almost took a detour to McDonalds but came home and am having cottage cheese, banana and frozen berries – points for helping mom (pick me pick me)

Turkey burger and a few oreo cookies left over from my blood donation earlier today. So happy you reviewed this, I almost picked one up from a race expo last year but wasn’t sure how well it would work on a run.

Cereal with banana, rice cakes with pb&j, grapes and baby carrots. The saddest part is I went grocery shopping tonight and this was still the best I could come up with! That’s what I get for being STARVING by the time I got home at 8:30!

Jambalaya with turkey sausage & shrimp
dessert – some crazy super chocolate-y ice cream the hubs picked out
does it go without saying – I ran a few extra miles tonight.
BTW… what the freak – lookin good in those shorts.

Love that pouch and definitely want one!
Last night for dinner I had baked sweet potato and baked beans with roasted brocolli and cauliflower. Probably have the same tonight since I’m lazy and have left over beans 🙂

My boyfriend and I are making “mexican”–which means I make a lot of guac and he has some burritos while I eat an entire head of sauteed kale, black beans and my weight in said guac. I want that magnet pouch!!

I just learned about Roo Sport at my county fair last month of all places. They are super soft, lightweight, and hold a ton…I would love to have one of my own! On the menu tonight…baked chicken taquitos with fresh guac and pico.

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